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Ukrainian government supports Serbia’s territorial integrity
Belgrade/Kiev,
19 May 2008
Serbian Deputy Prime Minister Bozidar Djelic said today in Kiev that the Ukrainian government supports Serbia’s territorial integrity and Kosovo-Metohija as its integral part.
Bozidar Djelic
Djelic, who heads the Serbian delegation at the Annual Assembly of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) in Kiev, told the Tanjug news agency that Ukraine is being pressurised to recognise Kosovo's unilateral independence.
He said that a meeting of Serbian and Ukrainian officials, due to take place today, is aimed at reinforcing Serbia's position and that Ukraine should not recognise Kosovo's independence.
After meeting with the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Djelic said that a great injustice was done to Serbia, which can result in regional instability.
I think we can count on Ukraine in our battle for Serbia’s territorial integrity, he said noting that the final decision, under the Ukrainian Constitution, is made by the Ukrainian President.
Djelic said that the two delegations will discuss economic relations which are good and added that trade between the two countries in 2007 was nearly $500 million.
According to him, the key task will be to speed up the signing of the free trade agreement between Serbia and Ukraine. He recalled that Serbia sent a draft agreement to Kiev in 2006.
Today we received an endorsement to accelerate the work on the agreement, said Djelic and voiced hope that the agreement will be signed in the course of 2009.
He recalled that the plan is to sign the agreement with Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey, which would be very beneficial for the Serbian economy.
Ukraine has only one investment in Serbia – in the railcar factory in Kraljevo. As for our companies, the most important investments are those by Sintelon from Backa Palanka and MK Group, which, with the support of the EBRD, is building the largest corn silo in Ukraine, said Djelic.
According to him, there is also long-term cooperation in agro business, because the Institute of Agriculture and Farming from Novi Sad is selling huge amounts of seed to partners in Ukraine.
He stressed that there is room for wider agricultural cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine and added that it was agreed that a large agricultural delegation from Ukraine visits Serbia by the year’s end.
Djelic said he spoke on May 17 with EBRD's outgoing president Jeanne Lemierre on EBRD's investments in Serbia, which reached €1.3 billion over six years.
So far, EBRD has invested mostly in infrastructure, and the next move would be for Serbia to ratify the €89 million loan guarantee for the Belgrade ring-road, Djelic said.
He added that negotiations on EBRD’s additional loan of €100 million for the railway and €60 million for road infrastructure are to be completed.
He said that a meeting of Serbian and Ukrainian officials, due to take place today, is aimed at reinforcing Serbia's position and that Ukraine should not recognise Kosovo's independence.
After meeting with the First Deputy Prime Minister of Ukraine, Djelic said that a great injustice was done to Serbia, which can result in regional instability.
I think we can count on Ukraine in our battle for Serbia’s territorial integrity, he said noting that the final decision, under the Ukrainian Constitution, is made by the Ukrainian President.
Djelic said that the two delegations will discuss economic relations which are good and added that trade between the two countries in 2007 was nearly $500 million.
According to him, the key task will be to speed up the signing of the free trade agreement between Serbia and Ukraine. He recalled that Serbia sent a draft agreement to Kiev in 2006.
Today we received an endorsement to accelerate the work on the agreement, said Djelic and voiced hope that the agreement will be signed in the course of 2009.
He recalled that the plan is to sign the agreement with Ukraine, Belarus and Turkey, which would be very beneficial for the Serbian economy.
Ukraine has only one investment in Serbia – in the railcar factory in Kraljevo. As for our companies, the most important investments are those by Sintelon from Backa Palanka and MK Group, which, with the support of the EBRD, is building the largest corn silo in Ukraine, said Djelic.
According to him, there is also long-term cooperation in agro business, because the Institute of Agriculture and Farming from Novi Sad is selling huge amounts of seed to partners in Ukraine.
He stressed that there is room for wider agricultural cooperation between Serbia and Ukraine and added that it was agreed that a large agricultural delegation from Ukraine visits Serbia by the year’s end.
Djelic said he spoke on May 17 with EBRD's outgoing president Jeanne Lemierre on EBRD's investments in Serbia, which reached €1.3 billion over six years.
So far, EBRD has invested mostly in infrastructure, and the next move would be for Serbia to ratify the €89 million loan guarantee for the Belgrade ring-road, Djelic said.
He added that negotiations on EBRD’s additional loan of €100 million for the railway and €60 million for road infrastructure are to be completed.
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